Device for filling bottles.



No. 813,761. PATENTED FEB. 27, 1906.

- J. E. WISTBR & G. T. TOWNSLEY. I

DEVICE FOR FILLING BOTTLES.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 30. 1905.

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affouwg No. 813,761. PATENTED FEB. 27, 1906. J. B. WISTER & G. T. TOWNSLEY.

DEVICE FOR FILLING BOTTLES. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 30. 1905.

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I 2- I gluuenrord- ZWM%W unrrnn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JACOB E. WISTER AND GEORGE T. TOWNSLEY, OF PHILADELPHIA,

I PENNSYLVANIA.

DEVlGE FOR FILLING BQTTLES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 27, 1906.

Application filed January 30, 1905. Serial No. 243,177.

To all whom it may concerm Be it known that we, JACOB E. WrsrER and GEORGE T. TOWN'SLEY, citizens of the United- States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and Sta'te of Pennsylvania,

have invented new and useful Im rovements inDevices for Filling Bottles, which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in devices for filling bottles, &c.-, with medicines or other liquids, and has particular reference to a device for automatically measuring and filling into a bottle a predetermined quantity of liquid.

' the several arts of the device, as hereinafter tion or. the im roved bottle-fillin described, 1 lustrated in the drawings, and more particularly (pointed out in the claims hereunto ap ende v It is a wel -known fact to bottlers of medicines and other expensive liquids, that bottles designed to beef the same size vary materially 1n the quantity they hold. For this reason it is very desirable to have a device wherebythe exact quantity will be measured, In the bottling and filled into each bottle. of medicines, expensive or otherwise, it has heretofore been the custom to fill the bottle full, although it may hold aquantity greater than designed, which in the case of an expensive liquid frequently results in a loss to the bottler. To avoid this ditliculty, the present device has been designed by means of which the exact predetermined In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevaand Fig. 2 is a rent elevation, part y in section and partlybroken away, showing the construction of the measuring-receptacles, their connection with the supply-tank,v and mechanisms for controlling the admissionlof the li uid to and exit thereform.

Re erring to the drawings, the numeral 1 indicates'a suitable tank or reservoir for the liquid to be measured and bottled and is sup orted on standards 2 2 on a suitable platform. This platform is mounted on casters or; rollers 4 4, so that it ma r be moved from place to place as desired. e bottom of the I tank or reservoir 1 is provided with two or more openings 5 5, into which are set and seq. antity isdevicie;

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, curedshort pipes 6 6, preferably larger at the bottom than at the top.

7 7 are vertically-depending'rods secured to the bottom of the tank to each side of the openings 5- 5, and a short distance therefrom, the lower ends of said rods being screwthreaded for the purpose of receiving suitable ta s ornuts 8 8.

he numeral 9 indicates the fluid-measur-v ing receptacle and is'constructed to hold a predetermined uantity of liquid. This receptac'le 9 consists o a plate 10, having an opening 11 therein for the passage of the liquid fromthe pipe 6 into sai receptacle, and'air-vents 12 an 13; aplate 14,having adepressed center 15, preferably the shape of an inverted frustum ofa cone, the bottom thereof being contracted andprovided with an opening '16 to permit the liquid to pass from said receptac e, said contracted portion terminating m a tube 17, sufficiently small to enter the mouth of a bottle to be filled; a casing 18, preferably of glass, interposed between the plates 10 and 14; a tube 19, attached to the under side of the (plate 1O, around the opening 11 and exten ing a sufficient distance down into the measuring-receptacle to prevent the liquid foaming or frothing as it enters the receptacle a valve 20, ada ted to close the opening 16 in the plate 1 a oat-valve 21, adapted to close the vent 12, and valves 22and 23, adapted to close the opening 11 and the vent 13, respectively, for a purpose hereinafter stated.

-This measuring-receptacle 9 is held against the bottom ofthe pipe 6 or the bottom of the tank 1, as desired, by means of the rods 7 7 and taps or nuts 8 8, as is apparent. The

float-valve 21 is raised by theliquid flowing into the rece tacle, and by reason of the con-- struction oft iis valve, as shown in the drawi'ngs,the vent 12 is closed thereby before the receptacle is completely filled, and there quantity of air above said liquid. toavoid this condition and to permit the complete filling of the receptacle, the valve 13 is provided, whereby the air remaining in the receptacle after the closing of the vent 12 is permitted to escape and the receptacle completel filled.

Secure to the late-14 of each measuringreceptacle is a fulcrum 24. Hinged or rul crumed on each of these fulcrums is a lever d ordinarily remain in said receptacle a,

n order of the receptacle 9 and before the closing of the inlet or opening 11 of said rece tacle.

32 indicates the stem of the va ve 23, located within the tube 31. K

33 indicates the stem of the valve 22 and.

extends up through the tube 6 and the tank, or reservoir and beyond the to thereof and is ri idly connected with the va ve-stem a ink 34 in any suitable manner.

The numerals 35 and 36 indicate suitable standards securedto the tank and have fulcrumed or hinged to the upperends thereof,

the levers 37and 38, respectively. These'le- Vers 37 38 are each connected with one of the links 34, as is evident. The opposite end of the lever 37 is connected with the free end of the lever 25 by the rod 39, and the lever 26 is connected with the. lever 38 by the rod 40, as shown, for a purpose hereinafter stated.

The numeral 41 indicates a suitable vertically-movable bottle seat or holder which is ful'crumed or hinged upon one end of a lever 42, the opposite end of said lever bein provided with an adjustable counterba ancewei ht 43.. This bottle-holder is located direct y beneath the tube 17 and is for the purpose of receiving a bottle and holding the same in position to be filled, holdin the bots tle in such position that the endo the tube 17 will roject down into the mouth thereof.

The s iding collar 28 on each of the tubes 17 is sufiiciently heavy to hold the valve 20 in the bottom of each receptacle closed and at.

the-same time hold the valves 22 and 23 at the top of the opposite receptacle closed, so that when one receptacle is being emptied the opposite one will be filling.

The 0 eration of the device'is as follows: The bott e to be filled is placed on the'bottleholder 41 and the tube 17 inserted into the mouth thereof. The weight on the opposite end. of the counterbalance-lever 42 wil raise the mouth of the bottle into contact with the sliding collar 28 and raise the same and the valve 20, connected therewith, and permit the liquid in the receptacle to fiow into the bottle, as is evident. When this receptacle has beenemptied, the bottle is removed, whereupon the sliding collar 28 will return to its normal position, closing the valve 28, connected therewith, and also the valves 22 and 23 at the top-of the opposite receptacle and permit no more liquid to enter therein. A bottle is then placed in position under this filled receptacle and raised, lifting the sliding collar 28 on the tube 17 of this receptacle and permitting the liquid to flowtherefrom into the. bottle. The raising of the collar 28 will throw the opposite end of the lever to which it is attached down and through its connections open the valves 22 and- 23 at the to of. the opposite receptacle and permit liqui to flow from the tank into said receptacle. This operation may be carried on indefinitely and bottles filled alternately from each receptacle.

Instead of having two measuring-receptacles, as herein shown,,the number may be increased as desired, as will be evident.

The quantities imeasured by r this device may be varied by changing the size, of the cas1ng18, as is evident, or by any othersuitable means, and we do not, therefore, desire to confine ourselves to the precise structure herei inshown.

Having thus fully described our invention, What we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is i 1. In a device of the character described,

" the combination with a tank or reservoir,

measuringreceptacles connected therewith, and an inlet-valve and an outlet-valvein each receptacle, of independently-o erated mechanisms attached to each of sai receptacles, the mechanism attached to one receptacle being connected with the outlet-valve of such receptacle and with the inlet-valve of another receptacle, and ada ted whensaid outlet-valve of one receptac e is opened to automatically cause the inlet-valve, with which it is connected, of the otherreceptacle to open,- and which upon the closing of said I outlet-valve will automatically cause thein- I let-valve, with which it is connected, to close.

2. In a device of the character described, the combination with a tank or reservoir, and measuring-receptacles connected therewith, each of said receptacles having an air-vent and an inlet-oper'iing in its top, and a con- 1 I tracted bottom terminatin m a tube, a valve normally seated in the bottom over the tube, and. a sliding collar on the tube of each receptacle connected with said valve, and a series of levers connecting the sliding. collar of one receptacle with an air-vent and an inletopening of the op osite receptacle, and a weighted bottle-ho der located beneath eachof said tubes, whereby when a bottle is seated on said bottle-holder it will be raised automaticall into contact with the sliding collar, raising .t e same and opening the outlet-valve of the receptacle, and at the same time, throu h the connecting-levers, automatically open t e inlet and air-vent of the opposite receptacle.

3. In a device of the character described, the combinationtwith a tank or reservoir, measuring-receptacles connected therewith and adapted to hold a predetermined quantity, and an inlet and outlet, and valves automatically openthe outlet-valve of one .ated by the placing in position of a vessel beere,

therefor, for each receptacle, of means adapted to be operated by the placing in position of a vessel beneath one of the receptacles to receptacle, and mechanism connected there- I with and operated thereby whereby the inlet-valve of an opposite receptacle is opened. 4. In a device of the character described, the combination with a tank or reservoir, measuring-receptacles connected therewith, an inlet and an outlet, and valves therefor, in each receptacle, of a valve opening and closing means at the lower end of each receptacle and connected with the outlet-valve thereof, and mechanism connecting said valve opening and closing means with the inlet-valve of an opposite receptacle, whereby said valve opening and closing means will, when actu;

neath one of the receptacles, open the outletvalve of such receptacle and at the same time automatically open the inlet-valve of the opposite receptacle, whereby when one receptacle is being emptied the other one is being filled. I

5. In a device of the character described, the combination with a tank or reservoir, measuring-receptacles connected therewith, an inlet and an outlet, and valves therefor, and a float-valve for each receptacle, of a valveactuating mechanism at the lower end of each receptacle, and means connecting said valveactuating mechanism with the inlet-valve of the opposite receptacle, whereby when the outlet-valve of one receptacle is opened by the placing in position of a vessel beneath one of the receptacles the inlet-valve of the opposite receptacle will be automatically opened thereby, to permit the fillin of one receptace while the other receptacle is being emptie 6. In a device of the character described, the combination with a tank or reservoir, measuring-receptacles connected therewith, an inlet and an outlet, and valves therefor, and two air-vents and valves therefor for each receptacle, of a valve-actuating device at the bottom of each receptacle connected with the outlet-valve of such receptacle and also with the inlet-valve of the opposite receptacle by a series of levers, whereby when said valve-actuating device at the bottom of one receptacle is operated to open the outletvalve of such receptacle by the placing in position of a vessel to receive the contents of such receptacle, the inlet-valve of the opposite receptacle will be automatically opened thereby.

7. In a device of the character described, the combination with a tank or reservoir, a measuring-receptacle connected therewith, an inlet and an outlet and suitable valves therefor, and two vents and a valve for each vent; of an overfiow-tube over one of said vents, said tube being adapted to receive and hold the overflow from said receptacle occurring after the filling of such receptacle and before the closing of the inlet thereof.

In testimony whereof We affix our signatures in presence of two subscribing wit- IIBSSGS.

JACOB E. WISTER. GEORGE T. TOWNSLEY. I/Vitnesses:

Gno. L. Rorn, Tnos. D. Mowrns. 

